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SpaceX buys xAI in $1.25tn deal to unite crucial parts of Musk’s empire

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Financial Times · 02/02/2026 17:55 EDT

Rocket company boosts valuation to $1tn and pays $250bn to acquire AI start-up as Musk envisions data centres in space Read more ›

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SpaceX buys xAI uniting crucial parts of Musk’s empire

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Financial Times · 02/02/2026 17:21 EDT

Rocket company and AI model builder to combine as billionaire envisions data centres in space Read more ›

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Palantir boosts revenue expectations on strong AI demand

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Financial Times · 02/02/2026 16:20 EDT

Shares rally as data intelligence group predicts 61% growth in sales Read more ›

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Oracle raises $25bn in bond offering despite concerns over rising debt

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Financial Times · 02/02/2026 15:15 EDT

Company’s huge bet on AI has prompted investor concerns about the sustainability of its spending Read more ›

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Why Chinese electronics makers are betting on a TV revival

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Financial Times · 02/02/2026 07:52 EDT

Taking majority control at Sony lets TCL spread fixed costs across a larger base Read more ›

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Inside Moltbook: the social network where AI agents talk to each other

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Financial Times 2 place · 02/01/2026 12:56 EDT

An online experiment has Elon Musk believing that we are reaching the ‘singularity’. Is that really true? Read more ›

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Capgemini to sell unit linked to US immigration tracking

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Financial Times 2 place · 02/01/2026 07:47 EDT

French ministers have criticised IT group for lack of oversight of skip-tracing services Read more ›

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Artificial intelligence researchers hit by flood of ‘slop’

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Financial Times 2 place · 02/01/2026 00:00 EDT

Conferences restrict use of LLMs after surge of low-quality AI-generated papers and reviews Read more ›

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Waymo finalises $16bn funding round at $110bn valuation

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Financial Times 3 place · 01/31/2026 14:41 EDT

Google’s robotaxi start-up brings in new investors amid global roll out and competition from Elon Musk’s Tesla Read more ›

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France pushes state workers away from Zoom as Europe eyes tech decoupling

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Financial Times 2 place · 01/31/2026 04:00 EDT

Initiative for homegrown tools reflects rising anxiety over relying on US platforms amid shifting geopolitics Read more ›

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Stockpickers: Ilika, Microsoft, GE Aerospace

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Financial Times 2 place · 01/30/2026 13:00 EDT

Our experts discuss which companies to buy, sell or hold this week Read more ›

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The memory market melt-up is only getting wilder

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Financial Times 3 place · 01/30/2026 12:35 EDT

DIMM the lights and draw the curtains Read more ›

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Meta, Microsoft and the tyranny of small differences

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Financial Times 1 place · 01/30/2026 01:30 EDT

Plus, Jay Powell and dollar hedging Read more ›

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OpenAI’s too-big-to-fail fundraising

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Financial Times 1 place · 01/30/2026 00:00 EDT

Tech groups have lined up to invest in the ChatGPT maker as its strength will directly impact their own businesses Read more ›

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Apple’s blockbuster iPhone sales power record $144bn quarter

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Financial Times · 01/29/2026 19:57 EDT

Strong holiday season and boost from China drive 23% increase in smartphone revenue Read more ›

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Apple hails ‘remarkable’ $144bn quarter with best-ever iPhone sales

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Financial Times 1 place · 01/29/2026 16:30 EDT

Strong holiday season and boost from China leads to record revenue Read more ›

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Microsoft sheds $360bn in market value as AI spending spooks investors

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Financial Times · 01/29/2026 16:15 EDT

Software group pulls Nasdaq lower after reporting 66% year-on-year surge in data centre costs Read more ›

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Apple buys Israeli start-up Q.AI as it races Meta and Google on AI devices

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Financial Times 2 place · 01/29/2026 12:32 EDT

Deal worth close to $2bn for secretive group that creates technology that analyses facial expressions Read more ›

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Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown

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Financial Times 3 place · 01/29/2026 12:20 EDT

Palantir and Deloitte among beneficiaries of spending by government agencies Read more ›

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SAP suffers biggest fall in five years amid concerns over cloud business

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Financial Times · 01/29/2026 11:45 EDT

Shares fall 16% as Europe’s largest software company says its cloud backlog growth will ‘slightly decelerate’ Read more ›

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